Monkeypox is now spreading around the world, and is putting the U.S. public health system once again on the front lines in a battle to keep the country safe.
When asked if monkeypox represents another pandemic like COVID-19, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the CDC has been responding aggressively, educating health professionals and patients alike. "We have been working extraordinarily...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A Gallup Honesty and Ethics poll showed that nursing has been rated the most trusted profession for the twentieth year.
The poll is a reflection of the trust Americans have in their nurses even through the pandemic. According to a news release from Baystate Health, in the United States, there are nearly 4.3 million registered nurses and marks one of the highest-paying professions. Baystate...
In celebration of National Nurses Week, we are honoring each and every nomination in the Nurses: The Heart of Health Care program. Be sure to scroll through to see a glimpse into how each of these tireless professionals impacted coworkers, patients and families.
This program is supported by presenting sponsor BJC HealthCare and title sponsors Centene Corporation , Delmar Gardens , Mercy ...
The best way to honor National Nurses Week is to shine the spotlight on a handful of Hawai‘i’s finest caregivers.
Since the days of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole, nurses have played an essential role in societies. Often viewed as the very heart of health care, these professionals are beloved for the countless and vital services they provide — from conducting routine physical exams and taking detailed medical...
For the days that you just need a little motivation to get through your shift, or you don’t know whether to laugh or cry, sometimes, a perfectly-placed nursing quote might be just the thing you need to keep going.
Or maybe you’re a nursing student wondering how on earth you will find the strength to make it through the rest of the semester, when hearing a nursing quote for students will completely change your perspective....
Why so many are giving up on child care work and what it will mean for everyone else.
The first children arrive at 5 am. It’s still dark out, and they’re sleepy, but their mom has to get to New York for her shift in the emergency room. Katherine Lantigua gives each of the kids a bottle or a sippy cup, and then they nap until the others start to arrive, around 7. From there, it’s a whirlwind.
Lantigua and her...
“I would choose The Citadel all over again”
For as long as she could remember, Catherine Hill wanted to be a nurse. That was how her story began at The Citadel, when Hill matriculated as a knob in August of 2017 from her home in North Garden, Virginia. She entered college with an Army scholarship and a declaration to major in nursing — military service, nursing and attending The Citadel, all traditions in her family....
It's possible to rekindle the passion of doctors and nurses in providing care, even as many eye an exit.
Worries over the state of the American medical workforce has been a dominant theme at the HIMSS annual healthcare conference, overshadowing the typical futuristic discussions about the potential of technology in the industry.
Attendees in Orlando this year instead returned again and again to the foundation of the medical system...
Heading into the third year of a wearying pandemic, America's health care workers report significant levels of burnout and even anger about the complications of politics and rising incidents of abuse from patients and their families.
But three-fourths of them still say they love their jobs, an exclusive USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll of doctors, nurses, paramedics, therapists and others finds. It is a show of...
How many Olympians hold down full-time jobs even as they train for their sport?
And how of those jobs are in nursing, in a two-year pandemic?
So if you see Nina Roth chasing a nearly 2-year-old around a park in Madison, stopping only once in a while to do a set of pull-ups on the monkey bars herself, don’t worry – she’s not lost her marbles.
She’s just …...
From saving lives off the job, achieving career milestones and more, here are 22 nurses who made headlines this year:
1. Sandra Lindsay, RN, a critical care nurse and intensive care unit director at New York City-based Long Island Jewish Medical Center, had her scrubs placed in the Smithsonian Museum of American History after becoming the first American to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 14, 2020.
2. On Feb. 28,...
Float Theme “A Healthier Future” Celebrates Those Making a Difference Today and Tomorrow
Kaiser Permanente announced today its 2022 Rose Parade® float participants, which include Kaiser Permanente employees and front-line heroes that served our communities over the last 20 months during the pandemic. Millions of health care workers around the world have faced the challenge of providing care for patients with COVID-19,...